Week 12 - Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals

[The Mom Gene]

UH OH.....  THEY'RE ALL PICKING US.....  THIS AIN'T GOOD.

Rich, Mooch, Marshall, Kurt and Irv.

[757RavensFan]

Yanda is playing again at LG. 

[codizzle]

1 hour ago, ThatsMyJoeTerback said:

Black jerseys, black end zones. 14-6 all time with all black jerseys.

Go Ravens!

Somewhere Perk82 is having to change his pants from seeing the amount of ravens black out there 

[The Mom Gene]

Just now, 757RavensFan said:

Yanda is playing again at LG. 

That's good.

[Ravensfan23]

5 minutes ago, 757RavensFan said:

Yanda is playing again at LG. 

I think he's there for the remainder of the season. I actually love it too. I think this is the best possible oline unit for the Ravens right now. 

Just saw Dixon returning kicks in pre-game. I'm sure it's just him getting reps but I think he'd be a pretty good KR guy. 

[K-Dog]

14 minutes ago, ratedr said:

Jimmy is a good player but extremely unreliable.

Perhaps it is straining at gnats but I would not say extremely . 

[drillem]

 

16 minutes ago, ratedr said:

Jimmy is a good player but extremely unreliable.

Then he might be on the right team.

[drillem]

If the off. ever gels this could be a great team.  Absent that we could be in nail biting mode for a long time.

[The Mom Gene]

Come on guys....  let's not start early today....  Stay positive.  We can do this.

[ravens rule]

Enough of this easing him in the offense crap... just make Dixon the starter already. No disrespect to T-west.

[Zeus]

When was the last time we beat the bengals? Was it 2014?

[The Mom Gene]

They're a team...

 

[The Mom Gene]

Just now, ravens rule said:

Enough of this easing him in the offense crap... just make Dixon the starter already. No disrespect to T-west.

A one two punch

[balfan23]

39 minutes ago, ravens rule said:

What makes you think they will clean up the same mistakes that plagued us all season. I agree the bengles stink especially on defense but we have not taken advantage of bad defenses this year (jets, raiders, redskins). 

I've been of the mind that the penalty problem hasn't been about "mistakes". It has been about overmatched players on the o line who couldn't handle their assignments, got worked and held out of desperation. Now, I know we killed a drive vs. the Cowboys with an unnecessary roughness penalty, but that was simply a guy blocking a defender who was still engaged in trying to bring down the ball carrier. I guess he blocked him too hard .... but I have a hard time calling that a mistake. 

So - the hope is that the o line is going to stay in its current configuration and simply play better, because of having better personnel. That alone may take care of the penalty issue. 

[Tank 92]

3 minutes ago, ravens rule said:

Enough of this easing him in the offense crap... just make Dixon the starter already. No disrespect to T-west.

T West was beasting last week. Need to use both of the two of em.

[757RavensFan]

1 minute ago, Zeus said:

When was the last time we beat the bengals? Was it 2014?

we lost to them 5 straight so we haven't beaten them since 2013.

[The Mom Gene]

Just now, balfan23 said:

I've been of the mind that the penalty problem hasn't been about "mistakes". It has been about overmatched players on the o line who couldn't handle their assignments, got worked and held out of desperation. Now, I know we killed a drive vs. the Cowboys with an unnecessary roughness penalty, but that was simply a guy blocking a defender who was still engaged in trying to bring down the ball carrier. I guess he blocked him too hard .... but I have a hard time calling that a mistake. 

So - the hope is that the o line is going to stay in its current configuration and simply play better, because of having better personnel. That alone may take care of the penalty issue. 

And on that play..  even Joe said...  There was no whistle.

[Tank 92]

18 minutes ago, The Mom Gene said:

UH OH.....  THEY'RE ALL PICKING US.....  THIS AIN'T GOOD.

Rich, Mooch, Marshall, Kurt and Irv.

Game hasn't started yet, don't start early.....stay positive.   lol

[Ravenseconbeast]

Sizzle and Doom paired up once again.   We will see what happens today.  WIshing Dalton a merry christmas gift!

[The Mom Gene]

Just now, Tank 92 said:

Game hasn't started yet, don't start early.....stay positive.   lol

I am.... You and I both know we like to fly under the radar.

[balfan23]

18 minutes ago, 757RavensFan said:

Yanda is playing again at LG. 

Barring injury, I think this is the o line configuration we will see for the remainder of the season. As we've seen through the year, we simply don't have the backups to sustain injury on that front and not suffer significantly. If this season is to be a success, I just don't think we have a chance if we can't keep this group together on the field. 

[drillem]

Let's face it, too many of these games are decided by the refs.

[Zeus]

3 minutes ago, 757RavensFan said:

we lost to them 5 straight so we haven't beaten them since 2013.

That's sad

[ravens rule]

4 minutes ago, The Mom Gene said:

A one two punch

Most definitely but we have to be committed to the run a lot more 

[Zeus]

Doom is back... about time

[balfan23]

 

1 minute ago, Ravenseconbeast said:

Sizzle and Doom paired up once again.   We will see what happens today.  WIshing Dalton a merry christmas gift!

Another of the many items we need going in our favor if we want to make it to the postseason this year. Doom needs to return AND be effective. Lack of pass rush - or at least the inconsistency in that part of our game - has been a big issue. 

[A Fish Called Yanda]

Woot - got home just in time.  You know you're a real fan when you purposefully schedule your flights so that you can watch Ravens games 

[Zeus]

Shareece oh noooooooo

[Ravenseconbeast]

Just now, drillem said:

Let's face it, too many of these games are decided by the refs.

also Flacco's amazing track record of consistently throwing picks to Bengals

[Zeus]

Just now, A Fish Called Yanda said:

Woot - got home just in time.  You know you're a real fan when you purposefully schedule your flights so that you can watch Ravens games 

Cheers to that! Let's get the W today!